An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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Rosalind Russell as Elizabeth Kenny
Alexander Knox as Dr. McDonnell
Dean Jagger as Kevin Connors
Philip Merivale as Dr. Brack
Beulah Bondi as Mary Kenny
Charles Dingle as Michael Kenny
John Litel as Medical Director
Doreen McCann as Dorrie
Fay Helm as Mrs. McIntyre
Charles Kemper as Mr. McIntyre
Dorothy Peterson as Agnes
Jane Allen as Woman (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor as Doctor (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Richard Bartell as Doctor (uncredited)
George Barton as Doctor (uncredited)
Mary Bayless as Nurse (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Bonnie Blair as Waitress (uncredited)
Lee Bonnell as San Francisco Reporter (uncredited)
Egon Brecher as Frenchman (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Bobby Burns as Parent at Clinic (uncredited)
Al Choals as Doctor (uncredited)
Sally Cleaves as Woman (uncredited)
Connie Conrad as Doctor (uncredited)
Edith Conrad as Doctor (uncredited)
Ellen Corby as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Jeanne Criswell as Woman (uncredited)
Sheryl Deauville as Singing Child with Polio (uncredited)
Earl Dobbins as Farmer (uncredited)
Gloria Donovan as Girl (uncredited)
Charles Dorety as Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn as Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
Melinda Erickson as Girl (uncredited)
Betty Fairfax as Nurse (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Monica Folts as Girl (uncredited)
Francis Ford as Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
Jack Gargan as Reporter at Dock (uncredited)
Wilda George as Doctor (uncredited)
Betty Gillette as Nurse (uncredited)
Mary Gordon as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
Vincent Graeff as Boy (uncredited)
Karolyn Grimes as Carolyn (uncredited)
Bobby Hale as Cabby (uncredited)
Charlie Hall as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Charles Halton as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Carl Hanson as Doctor (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare as Dr. Shadrack (uncredited)
Sam Harris as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Eddie Hart as Doctor at Medical Symposium (uncredited)
Alf Haugan as Doctor (uncredited)
Mame Henderson as Girl (uncredited)
Len Hendry as Doctor (uncredited)
Gloria Holden as Mrs. McDonnell (uncredited)
Beulah Hubbard as Doctor (uncredited)
David Hughes as Doctor (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst as Mr. Todd (Landlord) (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham as Farmer (uncredited)
Warren Jackson as Doctor (uncredited)
Eddie Kane as Reporter (uncredited)
Edward Keane as Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Kingston as Doctor (uncredited)
Connie Lamont as Nurse (uncredited)
Bertha Ledbetter as Nurse (uncredited)
Alan Lee as Alan the Farm Hand (uncredited)
Ruth Lee as Mother (uncredited)
Nan Leslie as Nurse (uncredited)
David Levitt as Doctor (uncredited)
Orley Lindgren as Boy (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd as Matron (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine as Woman (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin as Photographer (uncredited)
Irene Mack as Woman (uncredited)
Thomas Martin as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Janet Sue Marx as Girl (uncredited)
Eric Mayne as Doctor (uncredited)
Larry McGrath as Doctor (uncredited)
Harry McKim as Boy (uncredited)
Frank McLure as Doctor at Medical Symposium (uncredited)
Ruth Miles as Woman (uncredited)
Daphne Moore as Waitress (uncredited)
John Moss as Doctor (uncredited)
Diane Nance as Girl (uncredited)
Myra Nelson as Nurse (uncredited)
Georgie Nokes as Gordy (uncredited)
B.G. Norman as Boy (uncredited)
Noralee Norman as Girl (uncredited)
Bob O'Connor as Doctor (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal as Nurse (uncredited)
Vivien Oakland as Dr. Gideon's Secretary (uncredited)
Charles Pawley as Orderly (uncredited)
Bob Pepper as Man (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright as Saleslady (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard as Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Allan Ray as Photographer (uncredited)
Frank Reicher as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre as Elizabeth's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Eli Schmudkler as Newsboy (uncredited)
Dick Scott as Reporter (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall as Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Lucile Sewall as Woman at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Barbara Smith as Woman (uncredited)
Warren Smith as Doctor (uncredited)
Paul Stanton as Dr. Gideon (uncredited)
Larry Steers as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Robert Strong as Man (uncredited)
Tex Swan as Man (uncredited)
Bob Templeton as Intern (uncredited)
David Thursby as Angus Frazier (uncredited)
Regis Toomey as New York Reporter (uncredited)
Ray Toone as Doctor (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey as Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Clare Verdera as Mother of Boy (uncredited)
John P. Wade as Man (uncredited)
Nellie Walker as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Ray Walker as Doctor at Minneapolis Lecture (uncredited)